He first came to public recognition when he played the part of Oswald, the eccentric cafe owner in Granada television's situation comedy, Watching.
He has also played eleven different parts in the soap opera, Coronation Street[2] as well as five in Emmerdale.
He co-starred with Rik Mayall in the six-part audio series The Last Hurrah [1] playing failed ventriloquist Bonjour Hellfire.
He is a former newspaper reporter, television scriptwriter, songwriter, author of 14 books and ex-front man for comedy folk group Inclognito with Bramwell Taylor and Eric White.
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